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Demystifying Kanban for Software Dev Projects

April 27, 2018

I am a software developer and have been adopting Scrum in dev projects for many years now. I also have keen interest in lean practices and have been looking to incorporate these techniques in dev projects. Recently, I heard about the use of Kanban, which is one of the lean practices well known in software projects. I had the opportunity to attend a webinar: “Kanban for dev projects: How Exactly?” This webinar was conducted by Sanjay Kumar, a well-known Agile…

PMP® Exam Preparations – Transitioning to PMBOK® Guide Sixth Edition

March 29, 2018

Saket Bansal

PMBOK, PMP

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It’s exciting times in PMP® world! PMBOK® Guide Sixth Edition was published late last year and it has replaced the PMBOK® Guide Fifth Edition, which was followed earlier. I am sure many PMP® aspirants particularly those who have be preparing for PMP® exams using the PMBOK® Guide Fifth Edition have pressing questions about the new content and validity of their preparation so far. The most significant of the questions that I have come across is – “Is my preparation using…

Seven Myths of Project Manager Role

March 12, 2018

Saket Bansal

webinar

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I am into project management and agile training for the last five years. When I meet professionals, I regularly get questions on ‘What is the role of a project manager?’ and ‘How can I become a project manager?’ In my conversations I also find many misconceptions (as per my understanding 😊) about the responsibilities of a project manager. Last week I did a webinar to explore myths around a project manager’s role. Here are my top seven myths of Project…

Scrum Interview Questions

March 9, 2018

Giri Saran

Scrum, Scrum Questions

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1. How Is Scrum Master Role Different From Project Manager? 2. How do you measure the maturity of your scrum process? 3. What metrics do you collect and why? 4. Share the retrospective action you have taken and what was the outcome? 5. How story points work? 6. How would you introduce scrum to senior executives? 7. How do you deal with team members cherrypicking tasks? 8. How to deal with the problem when team members are not updating the…

Emotional Intelligence – A Practical Approach

March 5, 2018

Saket Bansal

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I am a counselor, at least in the Agile environment! Yes, I feel so whenever I learn and try to apply the concepts on Emotional Intelligence (EI) not just in coaching sessions, but also in managing day to day issues. I have been learning and expanding my knowledge about EI for about 5 years. Furthermore, I run a company by name iZenbridge and I am a certified coach all of which requires certain level of coaching & EI competencies. I…